Oh Don @dsh33782, you've caught me in the middle of a FitBit craze. I'm tracking everything and loving it. Here's my Fitbit story. I got my first watch tracker 3 years ago and enjoyed several of the features like counting steps and tracking sleep. I also got a lot of use out of the timer for timing my sprints and steeping my tea for a perfect 3:30 minutes (LOL).

A year ago I "loaned" my mom my Fitbit because we were discussing her assessment of her sleep patterns. She got great satisfaction from the objective assessment of her sleep over how she thought she slept. It helped her discern between tiredness from lack of sleep or poor sleep quality vs. the fatigue she frequently experiences due to other conditions. It helped her gauge when to push through and when a nap was more warranted. It also helped her discuss fatigue vs sleep with her doctor. The side benefit was the step motivator. Can you say competitive spirit? She is really motivated to reach the goals we set for her. Her daily 5000 step goal quickly changed to 6000. She often gets 7000 or more a day, especially in the nice weather. We kept the goal at 6000 however to ensure she gets the daily reward of the watch's congratulation fireworks.

Recently I showed her the Relax function so she can practice pursed lipped breathing and strengthen her lung capacity.

And me? Well it was obvious that I was never going to get my watch back, so she bought me a newer model for my birthday and this has sent me on a fitness craze. Like mother like daughter I guess. I'm tracking everything from active minutes to water intake (kidney stone prevention), from steps to food, from sleep to mindfulness exercises.

I was very reluctant to track food and thought it would be too much work, but it's really not that hard. So enlightening to see calories in vs calories out. It's helping me slim the COVID middle I seem to have acquired. I love seeing how many of my walking, running or workout minutes are actually in the cardio or peak range. But my biggest goal is to improve my sleep. Right now I'm following a free guided program for improved sleep called "Habits for Restful Sleep." Look for it in the Discover section on your Fitbit app. It's a 2 week program. Each week you take away one thing and add one thing to improve sleep. For example in the first week I chose to stop eating by 8 pm and to do a mindfulness exercise daily. The second week no screens after 9:30 and an aerobic workout daily. My sleep is improving.

@sueinmn, what is your current goal that you use your tracker for? @ess77 @mayofeb2020 @Erinmfs @tcokeefe @nannette @dvdhoover @nene22 will you join the discussion?

Don, you said you got the new Fitbit select. I'm not familiar with that model. Did you mean the Fitbit Sense? What is the first health goal that you would like to improve by tracking it with your new tracker?

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